A7#5 Guitar Chord

How to play A7#5: a dominant 7th sharp 5 built on A, with 1 voicing, the notes, and the intervals.

Chord Diagram

5XX
A common voicing

The first diagram is a common voicing: played at the 5th fret. An X above a string means don't play it; an O means play it open.

A7#5 and A7aug are two names for the same chord, so the fingerings are identical. See A7aug for the other name.

More Voicings of A7#5

The same chord in other positions on the neck: movable shapes transposed to A. Open any of them in the Diagram Maker below to adjust the fingering.

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Open position
7XX
Fret 7
8XX
Fret 8
11XX
Fret 11

Notes & Intervals in A7#5

NoteAC#E#G
IntervalR3#5b7

A7#5 is a dominant 7th sharp 5 with A as its root. The full theoretical spelling is A, C#, E#, G. This voicing sounds every chord tone.

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